Correspondence, 1907
Scope and Contents
Established by the Board of Trustees on June 16, 1892, the Committee on Books was responsible for the selection and purchase of all library materials. Between 1887 and 1892 Trustees Eliphalet W. Blatchford and William H. Bradley met with Librarian William F. Poole for the purpose of discussing and selecting books to be purchased for the Library. Notes and book lists from these meetings are in the Minutes of the Board of Trustees (02/01/30).
Records include the Committee's Minutes (1892-1917), Agendas (1915, 1917), Monthly Reports (1897-1931), Annual Reports (1917-1941), Book Lists (1892-1899, 1906-1967). The official bound copies of the Book Lists (1906-1967) contain the committee members' signatures and are annotated with ordering information. Other Committee reports are generally included in the Minutes of the Board of Trustees (Record Group 02/01/30).
Dates
- Creation: 1907
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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